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>> thank you, gwen. >> that does it for us. fox 5 news. you know the drill. we are always on. >> keep it right here feldman is in the studios. sports extra is coming your way in just a few moments. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, expresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate box shipping starts at $4.95, only from the postal service. a
>> thank you, gwen. >> that does it for us. fox 5 news. you know the drill. we are always on. >> keep it right here feldman is in the studios. sports extra is coming your way in just a few moments. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ look at all this stuff for...
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gwen tolbert is down in the weather center with change. >> talk about one extreme to the other. let's look at what the highs were yesterday because we broke records at a couple of locations. 93 degrees at national airport. 93 at dulles. and that was a record that was broken. and baltimore 91 degrees. well we're a far cry from that as we move through into the course of today. already starting out very much on the cooler side. we currently have 67 degrees at national airport. only 59 degrees at gaithersburg. and we've got 59 at fredericksberg as well. and 68 degrees at annapolis. our live doppler radar showing you we have a little bit of wet weather moving in across the region. and that is something we're going to keep an eye on during the course of the day. a few light sprinkles right now. we'll see that change during the course of the evening hours. and back to the maps. for today, we're talking over cast highs. high of 71 degrees. almost 20 degrees cooler than yesterday and that's the kind of trend we're looking at. i'll have the details and a look at the five-day later. back t
gwen tolbert is down in the weather center with change. >> talk about one extreme to the other. let's look at what the highs were yesterday because we broke records at a couple of locations. 93 degrees at national airport. 93 at dulles. and that was a record that was broken. and baltimore 91 degrees. well we're a far cry from that as we move through into the course of today. already starting out very much on the cooler side. we currently have 67 degrees at national airport. only 59...
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things heating up for the workweek all coming up next in gwen tolbert's forecast. stay with us. >>> it was an absolutely gorgeous day today, the kind of day perfect for a picnic and potato salad. >> are you hungry? >> yes. >> this is where fox 5's tisha thompson ended up with some very special kids who know a thing or two about what it means to have a day like. this these kids got a second chance at life. >> reporter: for most kids running around the play ground is no big deal, but 10-year-old daniel copeland told us he knows he's lucky as he showed off what's left of his two heart surgeries. >> they see my scar because my shirt hangs down sometimes, i say oh, i had trunkois i riotis and they say what the heck it s that and i say it's a problem with the -- heck is that and i say it's a problem with the arteries. >> reporter: daniel is one of 200 kids who came to a picnic held for children to. get into this party you had to have heart surgery when you were very, very little. >> when i was born, i had a problem and i had to go to a hospital then. >
things heating up for the workweek all coming up next in gwen tolbert's forecast. stay with us. >>> it was an absolutely gorgeous day today, the kind of day perfect for a picnic and potato salad. >> are you hungry? >> yes. >> this is where fox 5's tisha thompson ended up with some very special kids who know a thing or two about what it means to have a day like. this these kids got a second chance at life. >> reporter: for most kids running...
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gwen tolbert is down in the weather center tracking things for us. >> hi, melanie. we've had a stellar weekend. and hopefully people did get out to enjoy it. and today we'll do well also. let's begin with a look at where we hit temperatures. we were right on the mark for national airport, 79 degrees, where we should be. 79 for dulles and 76 at bwi. as far as sky conditions are concerned, they are fairly clear. here is a look at the current temperatures. a cool start to the morning. just feeling the little tiny pinch of fall weather. 55 degrees at gaithersburg this hour. 63 at washington and national airport. 59 at baltimore. 57 in dulles and 54 to the west in winchester. and speaking of igor, a huge storm. 190 miles south of bermuda, it's a dangerous storm, expected to pass over the island of bermuda into tonight. maximum sustained winds are at 85 miles per hour with higher gusts and it is expected to leave anywhere from 6-9 inches of rainfall and also you mentioned the wave heights and coastal areas are going to be effected by the strong storm surge so we'll have m
gwen tolbert is down in the weather center tracking things for us. >> hi, melanie. we've had a stellar weekend. and hopefully people did get out to enjoy it. and today we'll do well also. let's begin with a look at where we hit temperatures. we were right on the mark for national airport, 79 degrees, where we should be. 79 for dulles and 76 at bwi. as far as sky conditions are concerned, they are fairly clear. here is a look at the current temperatures. a cool start to the morning. just...
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gwen, tolbert, what do you think? >> i hope it's not too little too late. this is the day where we're getting rainfall that we've needed for such a long time. let's look at radar. it's moved through quickly from overnight to this morning, as far as the district and surrounding neighborhoods are concerned. and now it's over the bay and areas of delmarva. but there were some packets -- some pockets of heavier rainfall and a rumble of thunder in different spots. the rain stretching up and down the mid-atlantic, we're seeing cloudy conditions behind it all and we do expect to see things dry up a little bit into the course of the evening. so let's go to the weather maps. here is a look at current temperatures at the airport. 62 at dulles, 63 at baltimore. and by this afternoon we'll be under cloudy conditions and then we'll start to see the skies clearing later. but things look like they'll be improved in terms of the drier conditions in the -- and the wet weather in terms of the all- important game. i don't think i need to say which one we're talking about. bac
gwen, tolbert, what do you think? >> i hope it's not too little too late. this is the day where we're getting rainfall that we've needed for such a long time. let's look at radar. it's moved through quickly from overnight to this morning, as far as the district and surrounding neighborhoods are concerned. and now it's over the bay and areas of delmarva. but there were some packets -- some pockets of heavier rainfall and a rumble of thunder in different spots. the rain stretching up and...
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. >>> it's 8:31 and light check in with gwen tolbert. >> a cool start yesterday as well and this morning, steve. going to warm up. current temperatures, we have 63 degrees at national airport. 57 degrees at gathersberg; 63 at frederick and 61 degrees at monasses and going to the mid- atlantic, 61 degrees for boston and new york, 62 degrees and 62 to the south at richmond. we have dry conditions sticking around for 18 days with no rain and take a look at the monthly totals so far. we're in a deficit and we desperately need to get rainfall here. look at the numbers. the good news is north nature's going to -- mother nature's going give us a little bit of rain. we're going to see it. the clear skies right now with just a few clouds over the area into the course of the morning. but, we have wet weather. the remnant effects of what was hermine right here and pushing its way gradually to the mid- atlantic and we have a cold front and that frontal system is sweeping through as we go into the forecast the next 24 hours or so and the remnants of that system are going to get caught up in this fron
. >>> it's 8:31 and light check in with gwen tolbert. >> a cool start yesterday as well and this morning, steve. going to warm up. current temperatures, we have 63 degrees at national airport. 57 degrees at gathersberg; 63 at frederick and 61 degrees at monasses and going to the mid- atlantic, 61 degrees for boston and new york, 62 degrees and 62 to the south at richmond. we have dry conditions sticking around for 18 days with no rain and take a look at the monthly totals so far....
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gwen tolbert is here with a look at our weather. >> now i can't do this anymore. i want to show off all of my other talents. let me start with the first one. maybe not the first but light start and speak of that, how's that? okay. weather, we have weather for this weekend and a few clouds skirting past the satellite radar composite there and not a lot is happening and we have some clear skies ahead. 81 degrees at national airport and 79 at dulles and baltimore and close to seasonal and on the mark for national and we are exactly where we should be for this time of the year and here's a look at temperatures now and -- i thought that was temperatures now and i thought i showed you some winds. 65 degrees right now at national airport as we said and temperatures into the low 60s, the mid-60s and gradually climbing up there and these are the winds. we expect them to pick up a bit over the water and we have a small craft advisory for today and if you want to enjoy the sun, be aware of that. winds from 7 to 15 miles per hour and higher gusts as far as the waterways are c
gwen tolbert is here with a look at our weather. >> now i can't do this anymore. i want to show off all of my other talents. let me start with the first one. maybe not the first but light start and speak of that, how's that? okay. weather, we have weather for this weekend and a few clouds skirting past the satellite radar composite there and not a lot is happening and we have some clear skies ahead. 81 degrees at national airport and 79 at dulles and baltimore and close to seasonal and on...
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we start to dry out by midday. >> 83 sounds good. >> thank you, gwen. >> thanks, gwen. >> 54 years ago today richard nixon and john kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate changing the course of american history and politics, for that matter. well, the power of t.v. put jfk there first. fox's eric shawn looks back. >> reporter: it simply changed the way we elect presidents. 70million americans watched as john f. kennedy and richard nixon sparred in the first live televised presidential debate. >> the question is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states? >> i know what it means to be poor. i know what it means to see people unemployed. >> the seventh game of the world series becomes those debates, particularly the first one. >> reporter: david is the author of the new book 1960lbj versus jfk versus nixon. >> it is two men stripping down, going into the ring with one-on-one and each hoping to bloody the other one. >> what does a cut mean? it means get out kick in five seconds. >> reporter: in 1960 actually four debate but the first one
we start to dry out by midday. >> 83 sounds good. >> thank you, gwen. >> thanks, gwen. >> 54 years ago today richard nixon and john kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate changing the course of american history and politics, for that matter. well, the power of t.v. put jfk there first. fox's eric shawn looks back. >> reporter: it simply changed the way we elect presidents. 70million americans watched as john f. kennedy and richard nixon...
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gwen heim is the director and producer behind the al gore warming document an inconvenient truth. the american federation of teachers praised gwen heim to get the country talking about the problem but is not happy with the portrayal of teachers. >> there are 3 million teachers in this country and those who do heroic things every day. and we need to give the teachers the tools and conditions to support them rather than scapegoat them. >> reporter: gwen heim said he didn't expect any support, but the ground swell around this project has been greating and confesses although he's a huge supporter of public schools, he's so trouble by the current state he chose private schools for his own children. shannon green, fox news. >> i had a chance to see the documentary and also the chance to sit down with davis gwen heim to talk about his new film. >> so this documentary, and you go in and you know you're going to be moved and have an interest in what is going on in the schools and you don't expect to go through a whole box of kleenex, because you get so involved in the students' lives. what
gwen heim is the director and producer behind the al gore warming document an inconvenient truth. the american federation of teachers praised gwen heim to get the country talking about the problem but is not happy with the portrayal of teachers. >> there are 3 million teachers in this country and those who do heroic things every day. and we need to give the teachers the tools and conditions to support them rather than scapegoat them. >> reporter: gwen heim said he didn't expect any...
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davis gwen heim's waiting for superman premiered in hollywood last night. he won a award for the al gore documentary. now his new film follows students and families in their bat toll get a good education in a system that is said to be broken. d.c. public school chancellor michelle rhee gets a lot of face time. >> you look at what has happened in american public education over the last 20 years, we have gone from number one in a lot of different respects to absolutely at the bottom amongst developed nations. >> the president of the american federation of teachers not happy about what she called an inaccurate portrayal of sub- par teachers and villans. i got a chance to sit down with the director to talk about why he made this film. >> i have my own kids and i drive my three kids in los angeles past three public schools on the way to take my kids to a really great school. and it haunts me that the kids in my neighborhood don't have what my kids have. and why can't we give every kid in america -- why can't we give every kid in america a great education. >> tha
davis gwen heim's waiting for superman premiered in hollywood last night. he won a award for the al gore documentary. now his new film follows students and families in their bat toll get a good education in a system that is said to be broken. d.c. public school chancellor michelle rhee gets a lot of face time. >> you look at what has happened in american public education over the last 20 years, we have gone from number one in a lot of different respects to absolutely at the bottom amongst...
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. >> gwen, thank you very much. >>> our top story this morning, new developments in the race for d.c. mayor. >> a new poll shows gray ahead of fenty by 7 points which makes the next few days even more crucial for both candidates. sarah simmons joins us live from the early polling place with more. >> reporter: good morning, allison and tony. like you said, the next days were important. and mayor fenty knows that, as he is behind in the polls, that he is asking for the top man in the country, president barack obama's endorsement. at this point the white house has not said anything. we did hear about it over the last couple of days. now the clarus poll shows gray ahead and he is getting a growing lead over the past few weeks. and it shows if there is high turnout among black voters, fenty might lose this race. but one thing is for sure, both candidates are campaigning really hard just a few days out. the latest poll is more good news for vincent gray whose lead has grown in august since the latest poll. it is the third poll in a week to put gray on top. but there is still no clear-cut wi
. >> gwen, thank you very much. >>> our top story this morning, new developments in the race for d.c. mayor. >> a new poll shows gray ahead of fenty by 7 points which makes the next few days even more crucial for both candidates. sarah simmons joins us live from the early polling place with more. >> reporter: good morning, allison and tony. like you said, the next days were important. and mayor fenty knows that, as he is behind in the polls, that he is asking for the...
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gwen tolbart, a lot of us hoping to start off the week with much the same. what do you say? >> we've got some sunshine for people. things will take a change during the course of the week. today's highs were not bad, pretty close to seasonal and to a little above, 7 to 8 degrees above seasonal, right now we're 75 degrees and 72 at annapolis and 71 degrees at dulles. so for tonight we are talking mostly some cloudy skies, light winds, 63 degrees your overnight low, winds from the west switching northwest and we're also going to have a really good luck and an update on what's happening with hurricane igor and tropical storm julia because we've got some changes coming up in our forecast as well and they just might be a factor in that. i'll have the details coming up a bit later. back to you. >>> the redskins were trying to do something they hadn't done in three years, start season 2- 0 and of after last year's 4-12 record that would be a major improvement to say the least. sports director dave feldman on deck with the low down on today's roller coaster ride. it went into overtim
gwen tolbart, a lot of us hoping to start off the week with much the same. what do you say? >> we've got some sunshine for people. things will take a change during the course of the week. today's highs were not bad, pretty close to seasonal and to a little above, 7 to 8 degrees above seasonal, right now we're 75 degrees and 72 at annapolis and 71 degrees at dulles. so for tonight we are talking mostly some cloudy skies, light winds, 63 degrees your overnight low, winds from the west...
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and not just those who played athletics at gwen park high school, but some people who lost their lives giving all of us freedom and an equal chance. there is something that i -- a t-shirt that i got out of the african-american museum in baltimore recently and it was a guy hanging and it said now we do that to ourselves. the lack of civility is just unbelievable. and one would think that in 2010 we've come through so much, we would just be better human beings than that. >> i want you to have a good time at this reunion this weekend. >> oh, we will. >> class of 1970. my man. >> bob stark and rock newman, thank you for sharing the story. it is inspirational indeed. >> thank you very much. >> it's nice to have them both here. thank you very much. >>> and more than 100 exhibitors are going to be at the 28th annual manassas jubilee. we're hearing the rain will be out of here this weekend. >> reporter: and i heard tony say the head stuff is headed to manassas. it has picked up the spirits of people here. this is one of the signature events from old town manassas and they are ready for a wonde
and not just those who played athletics at gwen park high school, but some people who lost their lives giving all of us freedom and an equal chance. there is something that i -- a t-shirt that i got out of the african-american museum in baltimore recently and it was a guy hanging and it said now we do that to ourselves. the lack of civility is just unbelievable. and one would think that in 2010 we've come through so much, we would just be better human beings than that. >> i want you to...
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we have gwen looking at health headlines as we talk about this and the whole let's move campaign that we hear so much about in washington. but how is this done across the country, dina? >> reporter: well, steve, we have a real disconnect when it comes to fighting childhood obesity and we're hoping this white house message will trickle down to playgrounds and schools across the country. the question is will that actually happen? mrs. obama is i is aing kids -- is saying kids need to move but adults do too. and part of the problem with the obesity is there is a disconnect -- a hip rock asy in terms of what we are saying and doing. yesterday was my son's birthday and couldn't send in cupcakes because of the school wellness policy. but we have specialty shops popping up all over the country as we eat giant cupcakes filled with calories. and we have adults fighting an obesity epidemic and not doing right when it comes to exercise and eating right. how do we get this to sink into adults and to kids. and we're eating 31% more calories tan we did 40 years ago. so we have a lot to do on many l
we have gwen looking at health headlines as we talk about this and the whole let's move campaign that we hear so much about in washington. but how is this done across the country, dina? >> reporter: well, steve, we have a real disconnect when it comes to fighting childhood obesity and we're hoping this white house message will trickle down to playgrounds and schools across the country. the question is will that actually happen? mrs. obama is i is aing kids -- is saying kids need to move...
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. >>> and in the meantime, gwen tolbert is here with us today with a look at our day. >> we're starting out very, very cool this morning. yesterday you would have thought it was the
. >>> and in the meantime, gwen tolbert is here with us today with a look at our day. >> we're starting out very, very cool this morning. yesterday you would have thought it was the
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gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. - aptioning sponsored by acneil/lehrer productions - aptioned byxú edia access group at wgbh ccess.wgbh.org
gwen? >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflict we add theas tir deaths e made official and phographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll interview former president bill clinton about politics 2010, and his annual philanthropy summit. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow...